Quoting%20commentary for Eruvin 129:11

אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק הלכתא בעיא צילותא כיומא דאסתנא אמר אביי אי אמרה לי אם קריב כותחא לא תנאי

Abaye remarked: If my [foster] mother<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Kid. 31b.');">³²</span> had told me: 'Bring me the kutha',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A dish of bread-crusts, sour milk and salt.');">³³</span> I would not have been able to study.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the slightest disturbance of his studies would have distracted his mind and prevented him from concentrating on the work in hand.');">³⁴</span> If, remarked Raba,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. 'Rabina' (En Jacob) .');">³⁵</span>

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